Police probe leak of document on traffic offense surveillance

Police have launched an investigation after an internal document detailing the exact locations where officers have put surveillance cameras to catch traffic offenders have been leaked to social media.

The leak was discovered after police launched on Wednesday a territory-wide six-month trial scheme involving the use of video cameras to combat road congestion resulting from traffic offenses.

Uniformed officers, armed with video cameras, were deployed in various parts of the city to record such violations.

The city-wide operation followed a two-month pilot scheme in Kowloon East last December and in the New Territories North this January.

On Thursday, a document, complete with text and photos identifying the locations where the trial scheme is being conducted, was uploaded to the internet, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported.

Specifically, the document shows the exact locations where police officers are to shoot their videos.

The Police Public Relations Branch said the online document is an internal reference material given to traffic policemen at the West Kowloon Headquarters, but stressed that it does not involve classified information or personal information.

The Kowloon West Traffic District has started an internal probe into the leak, saying that action will be taken if it is confirmed that police officers have violated regulations, RTHK reported.

Police officers are reminded to live up to the standards of responsibility and discipline when using social media, HKEJ said.

The head of a panel that overseesthe investigative work of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said officers of the anti-graft body had “left no stone unturned” in probing the case of alleged corruption involving former...

It’s widely believed that only those with little education would fall for phone scams. Apparently, this is not the case. Leo Ho Cheuk-yin, winner of the World Solo Harmonica Championship at the age of 15...

Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH) in Mong Kok has seen some redevelopment works put under suspension as engineers have uncovered ground subsidence problem on an adjacent site that houses another building. The construction work will not...

Hong Kong’s version of the national anthem law will come with an appendage bearing suggestions as to the occasions and special events that the anthem should be played, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick...

Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor during a meeting held in Beijing Monday afternoon, lauding her for her work over the past year. Lam led the Hong Kong...

A bizarre incident took place in Hong Kong last Saturday. Someone had hurled tens of hundreds of HK$100 dollar bills from the rooftop of a residential building in Sham Shui Po, triggering a stampede...

The government plans to table the national anthem bill to the Legislative Council at the beginning of next year. According to sources, the administration has decided to add a new clause to the bill,...

Last month, the government released the Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2017, which suggested that that the poverty rate in the city stood at 20.1 percent and that the size of the poor population was...